Against All Odds

This be the realest shit I ever wrote
This be the realest shit I ever wrote
Load em up against the wall, close his eyes
Disappeared in the crowd, all you seen was troops

One love to my true thug niggas
Representin' to the fullest bein' soldiers with military minds
Against all odds, I'm hopin' my true motherfuckers know
Against all odds, up in the studio, gettin' blowed
Remember that shit you said to Vibe about me bein' a thug
To all you bitch made niggas, I'm comin' for you
Knew he was workin' for the feds, same crime, different trials
Since you lie you die, goodbye
Puffy let's be honest you a punk or you will see me with gloves
Now you gotta watch your back, now watch your front
All you old rappers trying to advance
Done seen too many real players fall to let these bitch niggas beat me

I go against all odds, I'm hopin' my true motherfuckers know
What would you do if you was me nigga
To the truest shit I ever spoke
It's all over now, take it like a man
You living fantasies, nigga I reject your deposit
Against all odds, hopin' my true motherfuckers know

Let it be known this is how you made me
This be the realest shit I ever wrote
Hell no, I ain't forgot nigga, I just remember what you told me
I ride for you, I rhyme for you, I roll for you, it's all for you

All out warfare, eye for eye
And that nigga that was down for me, restin' dead

We shook Dre punk ass, now we out of the closet
You said don't go to war unless I got my money behind me
Against all odds, I'm hopin' my true motherfuckers know
Against all odds, hopin' my thug motherfuckers know

To the truest shit I ever spoke

Set me up, wet me up, niggas stuck me up
To the truest shit I ever spoke
Listen while I take you back and lace this rap
Let the real live niggas hear the truth from me
Heard the guns bust but you tricks never shut me up
You can tell the people you roll with whatever you want

Against all odds, I'm hopin' my true motherfuckers know
Peep me, I take this war shit deeply

Twenty-one gun salute, dressed in fatigues, black jeans and boots
Against all odds, up in the studio, gettin' blowed

I know you bitch niggas is listenin', The World Is Mine
Hey NaS, your whole damn style is bitten
Against all odds, up in the studio, gettin' blowed
Fuck the rap game, nigga this M O B
Probably be murdered for the shit that I said
Against all odds, up in the studio, gettin' blowed
This be the realest shit I ever wrote

This be the realest shit I ever wrote
God don't like ugly, "It was written"
Lovin' how I got you niggas crazy
Puffy gettin' robbed like a bitch, to hide the fact
I bring the real, be a legend, breathin' the dead
Now you wanna live my life, so what's the answer NaS?
I'm hopin' my true motherfuckers know
Against all odds
Touch one of mine on everything I own
Niggas lookin' like Larry Holmes, flabby and sick
Switch sides, guess his new friends wanted him dead
that play the rules of the game, twenty-one gun salute
Promised a payback, Jimmy Henchman, in due time

Last words to a bitch nigga, "Why you lie?"
I salute you my niggas, stay strong
Here we come, gunshots to Tut, now you stuck
I'll destroy everything you touch, play the game nigga
Lord listen to me
Mobb Deep wonder why nigga blowed them out
Against all odds, up in the studio, gettin' blowed
Payback, I knew you bitch niggas from way back
Niggas that don't rhyme right, you've seen too many movies

Tryin' to player hate on my shit, you eat a fat dick
A real live tale about a snitch named Haitian Jack
Talkin' 'bout he left the hospital took five like me
All my runin's with authorities, felonious capers

Against all odds
This be the realest shit I ever wrote
You touch me I'm at you, I know you motherfuckers think that I forgot
Witness me strapped with Macs, knew I wouldn't play that
So believe me we enemies

Twenty-one gun salute to my niggas that die in the line of duty
This be the realest shit I ever wrote
He did some shit he shouldn't have did, so we ride 'em for that

To the truest shit I ever spoke
I heard he was light skinned, stocky with a Haitian accent
Next time grown folks talk, nigga close your mouth

Nigga, picture what he said and did I mention
But you and I know what's going on
Against all odds, I don't care who the fuck you is, nigga
You heard my melody, read about my life in the papers
Jewelery, fast cars and he's known for flashing
To the truest shit I ever spoke
This little nigga named NaS thinks he live like me